MMSD Mathematics Content Standard for Statistics and Probability - Grade 6
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Achievement of the following grade-level standards supports achievement of Wisconsin Model Academic Standards.
By the end of sixth grade, students will...
Formulate questions that can be addressed with data; and design, conduct, organize, and display the results of statistical investigations (WMAS E.8.1, E.8.2)
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about a characteristic shared by two populations or different characteristics within one population*;
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by selecting, creating, and using appropriate graphical representations of data, including but not limited to bar graphs, line plots, scatter-plots, and stem-and-leaf plots.
Select, use, and interpret appropriate statistical methods (including use of technology) for analyzing data (WMAS E.8.3, E.8.5) including
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measures of central tendencies and spread including range, mean, median, mode, and informal outliers;
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the correspondence between data sets and their graphical representations, especially bar and circle graphs, line plots, scatter-plots, and stem-and-leaf plots;
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comparisons of several sets of data to generate, test, and confirm or deny hypotheses*.
Make conjectures and predictions that are based on data from a variety of sources (WMAS E.8.4, E.8.6), including
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observations about differences between two or more samples;
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possible relationships between two characteristics of a sample;
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development of convincing arguments;
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the effects of missing or incorrect data;
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the effects of sample size and selection.
Understand and apply basic concepts of probability when conducting experiments and simulations
(WMAS E.8.7)
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using a variety of strategies to identify possible outcomes, e.g., lists, tables, tree diagrams;
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to determine equally likely and not equally likely outcomes of binomial events;
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to compute probabilities for simple events using technology where appropriate;
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using appropriate terminology to describe experimental and theoretical probabilities;
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to analyze and predict outcomes from experimental and theoretical probabilities.
* May be addressed in Science or other content areas.
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